Volleyball Recap: Eastwood Troopers vs. Coronado Thunderbirds
Eastwood extended their winning streak to nine games thanks to a huge performance from Maya Gandara. The Eastwood Troopers sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over the Coronado Thunderbirds on Tuesday thanks in part to Gandara, who had 17 digs and three aces. That's the most aces she has posted since back in September.
Eastwood had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 24-26, 17-25, 25-17, 25-13, 15-9.
Eastwood was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 12 consecutive contests.
Coronado's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Danielle Gutierrez, who had 32 digs and a kill, and Lauren Bates, who had 16 kills, 15 digs, and a block. Gutierrez is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had ten or more in the last 12 games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Addison (Addie-Mack) Rosales, who had three digs, two kills, and two blocks.
Eastwood has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 32-5 record this season. As for Coronado, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 16-13.
Eastwood has already played their next match, a 3-0 victory against Montwood on the 25th. As for Coronado, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next matchup, a 3-0 win against Socorro on the 25th.
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